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My breed would be a Blackhawk helicopter with a full sensor complement 
for both day time and night time (the biggest problem) monitoring and 
interdiction. Given there is a lot of money being made smuggling across 
the border (be people on both sides of the border) it will get pretty 
nasty when the crack down comes. For such operations the calvary was 
long ago replaced by the air calvary and the horse by the chopper.

Truman



Patti Kuvik wrote:
> If Border Patrol rode Arabs, they would have several
>   
> > advantages...ability to travel long distances without tiring, and built-in
> > spotting capabilities, for starters.  And riders can see more details from
> > horseback than from a vehicle.
> >     
> and
>   
> > There are several state prison programs where inmates on good behavior
> >     
> work
>   
> > with wild mustangs, gentling them and sometimes starting them under saddle
> > (ex: Colorado, California, Kansas). And there are several therapeutic
> > programs that match troubled teens with wild horses.
> >     
>
> This is pretty much what I wrote my senators and congressman. We do already
> have a few mounted Border Patrol agents in AZ - just need a lot more.
> There's at least one airport (Houston?) that has a volunteer mounted unit
> helping with security - could think airports, pipelines, reservoirs,
> railroad lines. Heck, endurance riders are already out there doing training
> rides (I'm not advocating "minuteman" but endurance is the sport "made in
> America")
> I certainly don't want to start a "breed war" - I think almost any breed of
> horse that's sensitive to their environment and well conditioned and trained
> would do well, I felt the idea of the "American" Mustang providing security
> and helping our soldiers would have a lot of appeal to both politicians and
> the American public. Certainly, the strong, "go all day" Arab seen in
> endurance would be a good candidate (as would many others).
>
> I'm not a regular letter writer - but it only took a minute using these
> links to send emails to my reps -
> http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm and
> - http://www.house.gov/writerep/ (I included a link to the article
> http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2035805&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 as the
> other link didn't work for me)
>
> Patti K
> Vail AZ
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